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Wilhelm Canaris

1887 - 1945

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Wilhelm Franz Canaris (1 January 1887 – 9 April 1945) was a German admiral and the chief of the Abwehr (the German military-intelligence service) from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, Canaris turned against Hitler and committed acts of both passive and active resistance during World War II following the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Being the head of Nazi Germany's military-intelligence agency, he was in a key position to participate in resistance and sabotage the Nazi war effort. As the war turned against Germany, Canaris and other military officers expanded their clandestine opposition to the leadership of Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Canaris is the 95th most popular military personnel (up from 98th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Germany (down from 255th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm Canaris was a German admiral and head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service. He is best known for his involvement in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Canaris ranks 95 out of 2,058. Before him are José de San Martín, Subutai, Alexander Suvorov, Albert Kesselring, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Walther von Brauchitsch. After him are George S. Patton, Edward Smith, Ahmad Sanjar, Nestor Makhno, Andrea Doria, and Robert E. Lee.

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Among people born in 1887, Wilhelm Canaris ranks 16. Before him are Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Vidkun Quisling, and Arthur Rubinstein. After him are Jozef Tiso, Leopold Ružička, Juan Gris, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Leonard Bloomfield, and James B. Sumner. Among people deceased in 1945, Wilhelm Canaris ranks 18. Before him are Walter Model, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Vidkun Quisling, Magda Goebbels, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Francis William Aston. After him are George S. Patton, Irma Grese, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Clara Petacci, Ernst Cassirer, and Pietro Mascagni.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Canaris ranks 270 out of 7,253. Before him are Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Albert Kesselring (1885), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Max Stirner (1806), and Max Scheler (1874). After him are Oswald Spengler (1880), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Ernst Jünger (1895), and Herbert Marcuse (1898).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Canaris ranks 20. Before him are Erich Raeder (1876), Michel Ney (1769), Klaus Barbie (1913), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Walther von Brauchitsch (1881). After him are John of Austria (1547), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), and Erich Hartmann (1922).

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